by Mary Coleridge (1861 - 1907)
The maiden
Language: English
Who was this that came by the way, When the flowers were springing? She bore in her hair the buds of May, And a bird on her shoulder, singing. A girdle of the fairest green Her slender waist confined, And such a flame was never seen As in her eyes there shined. By the way she came, that way she went, And took the sunlight with her. The May of life shall all be spent Ere she again come hither!
Text Authorship:
- by Mary Coleridge (1861 - 1907), "The maiden", appears in Poems, no. 169, first published 1907 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Sir (1848 - 1918), "The maiden", 1908, published 1909 [voice and piano], from the collection English Lyrics, Ninth Set, no. 6. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: John Fowler
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